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slightly emarginate, causing tlie apex to be more acuminate, and on the hindwing there is no 

 trace of the large patch of yellow on the costa which is such a conspicuous feature of E. anyte ; 

 the submarginal band is much wider and diffused, especially anteriorly, and placed further 

 from the margin ; it is equally wide on the underside, and the discal series of pale yellow spots 

 on both sides are entirely absent. It is probably only an aberration of E. anyte ; at any rate 

 from a single specimen I am disinclined to describe it as a distinct species. 



The next species E^ sahadeza has an oblique pale discal band on the forewing as in 

 E, patala, though not so prominent, and also a similar band on the hindwing ; the outline of 

 the wings is as in E. patala^ but the hindwing is shorter at the costa and more elongated 

 posteriorly. 



495- Euthalia sahadeva, Moore. 



AdoUas sahadeva, Moore. Trans, Ent. Soc, Lond., new series, vol. v, p. 80, n. 39, pi. viii, fig. 3, maU (1859); 

 id.. Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 601, n. 11. 



Habitat : Nepal, Sikkim, Assam. 



Expanse : 3*25 to 3*60 inches. 



Description : "Male. Upperside olive-green, with darker submarginal band and inner 

 portion of disc. Forewing-^'x'Ca. oblique rowof five pale greenish-yellow spots from middle of costal 

 margin ; two small whitish subapical spots ; space between discoidal marks and along outer 

 margin yellowish. Hindiuing with transverse tapering row of six pale greenish-yellow spots 

 from costal margin to near abdominal angle, bounded below with pale yellow ; two transverse 

 disco-cellular black lines ; abdominal margin greenish-grey. Underside greenish-yellow, 

 lighter and darker in portions, marked as above, discoidal markings on both wings, lower 

 part of disc ofyi'/Vty/;;^ with blackish patches." (^Moore,\. c) Mr. Butler (1, c. ) says that Mr. 

 Moore has described the female as a male, but his description agrees very well with our male 

 specimens of this species, Mr. Moore informs me also that the type specimen is a male. Mr. 

 Butler redescribes the male as follows : "Differs [from .£. sahadeva, Moore, ^female sahadevn\ 

 altogether in shape : wings smaller, forewing with the apex, hindwing with the anal angle 

 acute, all the bands of the forewing pale concealed with green, of the hindwing most 

 distinct, running together near the costa, but retired on the disc and partly obliterated with 

 black : the marginal spots more obscure." His description agrees fairly well with the 

 Euthalia anyte of Hewitson. 



I have only seen males of this species; it is decidedly a rare species, and occurs from 

 Nepal to Shillong. On the forewing there is an oblique discal band of five somewhat obscure 

 yellowish spots, with two smaller spots beyond just below the apex, with an obscure yellow- 

 ish bar across the cell ; hindwing with a decreasing macular band from the costa to the 

 first median interspace, the lower spots sometimes almost disappeared. Underside marked 

 much as above, but the ground-colour yellowish green. The shape of the hindwing is 

 unusual, being considerably longer than broad, it is longer than broad in some other species, 

 but not nearly to the same extent. 



The next and last species of this group is distinguished by having a broad pure white 

 continuous discal band across both wings more or less outwardly margined with blue. In 

 outline it is intermediate between E. patala and E, sahadeva. 



496. Euthalia durga, Moore. 



AdoUas durga, Moore, Horsfield and ISIoore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C, vol. i, p. 196, n. 397(1857); id. 

 Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., new series, vol. v, p. 80, n. 41, pi. ix, fig. 2 (1S59). 



Habitat : Sikkim, Assam. 



Expanse : 3*6 to 4*8 inches. 



Description : " Upperside dark olive-green, with a black marginal and submarginal 

 band ; a broad transverse band of irregular-shaped white spots crossing from middle of costal 



